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I had my first cigarette when I was 13.
This is Debbie Austin, a woman in her mid-40s in an anti-smoking campaign ad, way back in 1996.
They say nicotine isn't addictive.
Debbie picks up a lit cigarette and takes a drag on it.
Not through her lips, but through an air hole in her neck.
How can they say that?
Two years after this TV ad,
46 US states reached a settlement with tobacco companies for $206 billion to treat smokers and stop children from smoking.
Almost 30 years later, it's still the largest ever settlement in the United States.
At the time, the New York State Attorney General said,
this plan will get big tobacco off the back of our kids.
Fast forward to 2026, and another landmark case is underway in California.